Natural Journeys: My Sisterlocks and stuff

Anthia-ofo , just a lil' follow-up on my momma and her silky locs... Well, one of my brothers saw her head and said, "You look like Kizzy!" With that... my momma contacted her beautician, set an appointment and had those silky locs washed right out!! She was back to her press-and-curl style by the next time I laid eyes upon her. Anthia-ofo , so much for "hope [that] she goes all the way and gets locked up!" She not ready... yet! We keep hope alive, though... huh, Anthia-ofo !?

“I guess you are gonna say that I’m tryin’ to copy YOU…” my mom began, talking to me on her cell phone. I was the first person my momma called on her way home from the salon... She already knew how daddy was gonna react to her decision to try silky locs. My dad is a licensed barber and likes to threaten to cut my Sisterlocks off. His way of jokingly expressing his dislike for my loc'd hair in addition to his direct statements of dislike about my hair. Anyway... momma already knew what she was up against in heading home to her husband--my dad. I was on the phone when she entered the house greeting my dad saying, "Hey love..." I could hear my daddy in the background grunting, "ughhh!" Momma and I both laughed. Actually, I think it was me laughing louder than momma. Momma went right into explaining why she had gotten THIS style. A little background info: my mom recently retired, yet is about to start a new job that requires her to travel (daddy goes too). So my ...